Rail-fastening means.



H. A. HACKER.

RAIL FASTENING MEANS. APPLICATION FILED JULY :0. 1918.

Pa tentcd Dec. 17, 1918.

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l 1', all whom itma'yc om'cra: the bottom of the tiean'd communicating it known that :1, Horns A. rl l'noxnnya witha nut receiving recess 13 in said bottom. citizen 'ofwthe U111t6d"StfltS, residing at An: anchor platell is embedded horizontally New York, have invented certainnew and ably passed through the sleeve is a bolt 15 useful Improvements :in' Raiil Fastening having its lower endthreaded ina nut 16 i 'n-g to'be arlnll, clear, and exact description leather or other fabric washer 17 interposed of the invention, "such as will enable others between .itand the anchor plate 14L. T he sklllediin-"the art to which it appeitams' to other 1 end of'the bolt extends above the tie useful improvementsin rail fastening means, -v.-ic.e.

1 curved in "the di-rectionoitheshort arm and Ttis in general" theobject o't thisiinvention having :a 'fra'il "engaging foot 21 at its .free to simplify and otherwise-improveithe strucend: nwpivot 8.1'1022 extends laterally from tureT'o'f devices of th's character, particuthe=leverand is iengagedin the hook-portion larly with respect to their attachment to a 18atitsainneriend'while its outer end 131611- concrete tie in a maimer providing an adgagedinfa guide member formed of a single justment of the grippingactionof the delengthofgmetalhaving'its interm diaterporvice on the rail. tion bent to form a receiving eye 24 and its spikes tlrereinto.

sides in the provision of a fastening device 'tie-,"in which they are embedded, the exwhich may be actuated for gripping relation tremities of said end portions being bent or released from such relation without the apart at 25 for anchor engagement in the use of nuts or wedges and wherein the griptie. ping pressure set up in the application of An exceedingly simple locking structure the device to a rail serves to hold the device has thus been provided. In operation, the in gripping position. parts are so arranged, particularly by ad- With the above and other objects and adjustment of the bolt 15 in the sleeve 12, that vantages in view, the invention resides more the distance from the pivotal axis of the particularly in the novel combination, forangle lever and the top face of the base mation and arrangement of parts hereinflange of the rail 11 seated on the tie is after described and particularly pointed out slightly less than the distance from said in the appended claims. axis to the end of the lever arm 19. Thus In the accompanying drawings: upon swinging the long arm 20 of the lever Figure 1 is a plan view of the device downwardly, the arm 19 will move under applied to a rail and tie. the pivotal axis of the lever in sliding en- Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of what is gagement with the base flange of the rail, shown in Fig. 1. and exerting a considerable clamping pres- Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 sure. As the arm 19 moves from under the of Fig. 1. axis of the lever at its side remote from the Figf 1 is a sectional view on the line H arm 20, the arm 20 engages the base flange of Fig. 1. of the rail and thus the clamping pressure Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the locking set up serves to lock the parts against releasmember. ing movement, some very slight yielding to Referring now more particularly to the permit this operation being alforded by drawings, there is shown a concrete tie 10 movement of the hook bolt, compressing the having positioned thereon the rail 11. washer 17. To release the rail, it is merely Embedded vertically in the tie at one side necessary to lift the lever arm 20 and swing of the rail flange is a sleeve 12 having its the arm 19 under the axis of the lever and upper end flush with the top of the tie and out of the lever and out of engagement with having its lower end terminating short of the base flange of the rail. The lever may :bolt upstanding therefrom upon downward be most readily detached should it become broken.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a rail tie, of a bearing member, and an angle lever pivotally connected with said bearing member, said lever including a relatively short arm engageable with a railbase flangeon the tie and movable transversely of the axis of the lever in such engagement, and a relatively long arm engageable with the rail base flange upon movement of the short arm transversely past the pivotal axis of the lever.

2..The combination with a rail vtie, of a bolt upstanding therefrom and having its end bent in hook shape, an angle and replaced short arm of the lever being engageable with the base flange of a rail on the tie and movable past the pivotal axis of the lever swinging movement of the long arm, to engage thebase flange.

3. The combination with a rail tie, of a and having its upper'end bent in hook shape, an angle lever including a relatively long arm and a relatively short arm, a pivot pin projecting laterally from the lever for engagement in "Copieaof this patentmay be obtained for; five cents each, by addressing the the hook flange movable past the up'ondownward swinging movement of the portion of the bolt, said short arm of the lever being engageable with the base of a rail on the tie and movable past the pivotal axis of the lever upon downward swinging movement of the long arm, to engage the base flange, and means for adjustably connecting the bolt with the tie.

he combination with a tie provided I with a vertical passage therethrough and with a nut receiving recess in its bottom communicating with its passage, of an anchor plate embedded in the tie at the juncture of said passage and nut recess, a bolt extended through the passage and anchor plate, a nut threaded on the lower end of the bolt in said recess, said bolt having its upper end bent in hook shape, an angle lever including a relatively long arm and a relatively short arm, and a jecting laterally from the lever for engagement in the hook portion of the. bolt, said short arm of the lever being engageable with the base flange of a rail on the tie and pivotal axis of the lever long arm, to engage the base flange.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses. 1 HOLDA A. HACKER.

Witnesses:

REUBEN B. HACKER, LESTER Howe.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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